Aysenur Ezgi Eygi: UN urges inquiry into killing of US-Turkish protester in West Bank

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who had joint nationality, was reportedly shot dead by Israeli forces during a protest.

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Local media reported that Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was shot dead by Israeli forces as she took part in a weekly protest against Jewish settlement expansion in the town of Beita near Nablus.

Israel's military said it was "looking into reports that a foreign national was killed as a result of shots fired in the area".

Ms Eygi's family said in a statement they were in shock and grief that the loving and "fiercely passionate human rights activist" was gone.

The family said video showed she was killed by a bullet from an Israeli military shooter and called for the US to investigate.

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